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AT A GLANCE 2
EDITORIAL 3
BUSINESS&SCIENCE 4
SPORTS 6
CLASSIFIEDS 10
•
VOL 81 ISSUE 76
.JNDAY, APRIL 11, 2011
WWW.WSUSIGNP0ST.COM
Explaining gang injunction
PHOTO BY ERIC JENSEN | THE SIGNPOST
City has passed a gang injunction to fight crime from groups like the Ogden
gang. Last week, the Weber County attorney explained the law to WSU students.
Ogden City gives
lesson in new law
By Eric Jensen
managing editor I The Signpost
Weber County Attorney Dee Smith told
Weber State University students he was proud
of the recent Ogden gang injunction, and aimed
to explain how the injunction works during a
campus visit on Thursday.
Having grown up around Ogden, Smith said
his goal is combat gang-related crime in the
area.
"When I was appointed County Attorney
a couple of years ago," Smith said, "one of
my biggest concerns was the ongoing gang
problem. I'm an Ogden area native. I grew up
here. There is a gang problem. It's one that's
been growing for a couple of decades."
Smith said the injunction, a civil action
against the Ogden Trece gang, outlines the
rights of gang members and what behaviors are
now prohibited within the area the injunction
outlines.
The first provision in the injunction states
that gang members aren't allowed to associate
in public. Smith said this provision is likely
the most important provision in the entire
injunction because it discourages dangerous
group behavior.
"Of the instances we've presented," Smith
said, "80 of them involved two or more
documented members of Ogden Trece."
Smith also addressed graffiti, saying gang
members are prohibited from carrying any
graffiti tools within the injunction's boundaries.
"We've presented exhibit after exhibit of
Ogden Trece graffiti," Smith said. "They graffiti
people's fences, their garages and houses. They
graffiti signs, roads, park benches, cars and rocks
up in the foothills by our trail systems. They do
this to bridges and overpasses. It's everywhere,
and it has an effect on property values. It makes
people feel unsafe if they have this in their
neighborhoods."
Gang members are prohibited from carrying
firearms or other dangerous weapons and
must obey an 11 p.m. curfew. Smith also said
the injunction can make exceptions for gang
members that work, attend church services or
must respond to emergencies past the curfew.
See Injunction page 5
Feminine
hygiene
products
to Africa
WSU club collects
products for girls in
Kenyan schools
By Gina Barker
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
In some places of the world,
poverty is so extreme that feminine
hygiene products like a menstrual
pad or tampon are seen as luxuries.
When this is the case, and a family
has to choose between keeping
a girl home for a week or buying
a pad so their daughter can go to
school, the choice seems obvious.
The Weber State University
chapter of Amnesty International,
an international human rights
group, decided to make their
big project of the semester the
collection of feminine hygiene
products to send to Kenya. Bins in
the Social Science Building and the
Student Union Building have seen
donations trickling in each week.
Eric Sunkuli, a member ofWSU's
Amnesty International and a WSU
student, was born and raised in
Kenya, but now lives in the United
States to attend college. Sunkuli's
connections to a village school led
him to suggest the project to club
members.
"At the beginning of the
semester, we talked about a project
for this year, and Amnesty is an
organization that champions for
See Africa page 5
WSU understanding Passover
Getting to the bottom of a Jewish holiday
and what it means to those who celebrate it
SOURCE: SLASHEOOD.COM
Traditional Matzo bread like that above, is eaten as part of Passover.
By Gina Barker
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
Passover might sound like a
vaguely familiar holiday to most
Weber State University students,
no matter their religion, one that
they might remember hearing
about in the springtime, but in
reality, Passover has nothing to do
with April showers or May flowers.
Passover is a lewish holiday that
marks the story of the mass exodus
of the Israelites out of Egypt from
the Old Testament, or Torah.
Unlike Christianity, which
marks the day as a celebration of
the rebirth of lesus Christ, Judaism
celebrates Passover as a beginning
point for the lewish people. While
traditions like egg hunts and
chocolate rabbits are often times
more familiar to WSU students,
Passover has a very different
message from Easter,
and that message is
freedom from slavery.
"It's a very special
holiday," said WSU
zoology professor
Sam Zeveloff, who
practices Judiasm,
"and I'm glad other
people ... feel that it's
a valuable holiday,
not only because of
its historical aspects
but also because the
holiday is truly about
religious freedom."
This year, Passover
starts April 18 and
lasts for seven days,
own synagogue has
begun preparations for the holy
day, making reservations for a
community Seder, a traditional
"The appeal
of Passover
as a holiday
is one that
involves the
celebration of
freedom."
— Sam Zeveloff
WSU professor
Ogden's
already
lewish meal where the exodus
story is retold.
"The appeal of Passover as
a holiday is one that involves
the celebration of
freedom, which is an
American value as
well," Zeveloff said.
Just off a main
street in downtown
Ogden, tucked past
Washington Blvd, the
Congregation Brith
Sholem Synagogue
serves the city's
Jewish population,
with members of the
congregation coming
as far as Logan to
worship. Though the
small brick building
seems hidden behind
large bushes and trees, glimpses
of stained glass make it stand out
as something different from the
sunounding buildings.
See Passover page 5

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AT A GLANCE 2
EDITORIAL 3
BUSINESS&SCIENCE 4
SPORTS 6
CLASSIFIEDS 10
•
VOL 81 ISSUE 76
.JNDAY, APRIL 11, 2011
WWW.WSUSIGNP0ST.COM
Explaining gang injunction
PHOTO BY ERIC JENSEN | THE SIGNPOST
City has passed a gang injunction to fight crime from groups like the Ogden
gang. Last week, the Weber County attorney explained the law to WSU students.
Ogden City gives
lesson in new law
By Eric Jensen
managing editor I The Signpost
Weber County Attorney Dee Smith told
Weber State University students he was proud
of the recent Ogden gang injunction, and aimed
to explain how the injunction works during a
campus visit on Thursday.
Having grown up around Ogden, Smith said
his goal is combat gang-related crime in the
area.
"When I was appointed County Attorney
a couple of years ago," Smith said, "one of
my biggest concerns was the ongoing gang
problem. I'm an Ogden area native. I grew up
here. There is a gang problem. It's one that's
been growing for a couple of decades."
Smith said the injunction, a civil action
against the Ogden Trece gang, outlines the
rights of gang members and what behaviors are
now prohibited within the area the injunction
outlines.
The first provision in the injunction states
that gang members aren't allowed to associate
in public. Smith said this provision is likely
the most important provision in the entire
injunction because it discourages dangerous
group behavior.
"Of the instances we've presented," Smith
said, "80 of them involved two or more
documented members of Ogden Trece."
Smith also addressed graffiti, saying gang
members are prohibited from carrying any
graffiti tools within the injunction's boundaries.
"We've presented exhibit after exhibit of
Ogden Trece graffiti," Smith said. "They graffiti
people's fences, their garages and houses. They
graffiti signs, roads, park benches, cars and rocks
up in the foothills by our trail systems. They do
this to bridges and overpasses. It's everywhere,
and it has an effect on property values. It makes
people feel unsafe if they have this in their
neighborhoods."
Gang members are prohibited from carrying
firearms or other dangerous weapons and
must obey an 11 p.m. curfew. Smith also said
the injunction can make exceptions for gang
members that work, attend church services or
must respond to emergencies past the curfew.
See Injunction page 5
Feminine
hygiene
products
to Africa
WSU club collects
products for girls in
Kenyan schools
By Gina Barker
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
In some places of the world,
poverty is so extreme that feminine
hygiene products like a menstrual
pad or tampon are seen as luxuries.
When this is the case, and a family
has to choose between keeping
a girl home for a week or buying
a pad so their daughter can go to
school, the choice seems obvious.
The Weber State University
chapter of Amnesty International,
an international human rights
group, decided to make their
big project of the semester the
collection of feminine hygiene
products to send to Kenya. Bins in
the Social Science Building and the
Student Union Building have seen
donations trickling in each week.
Eric Sunkuli, a member ofWSU's
Amnesty International and a WSU
student, was born and raised in
Kenya, but now lives in the United
States to attend college. Sunkuli's
connections to a village school led
him to suggest the project to club
members.
"At the beginning of the
semester, we talked about a project
for this year, and Amnesty is an
organization that champions for
See Africa page 5
WSU understanding Passover
Getting to the bottom of a Jewish holiday
and what it means to those who celebrate it
SOURCE: SLASHEOOD.COM
Traditional Matzo bread like that above, is eaten as part of Passover.
By Gina Barker
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
Passover might sound like a
vaguely familiar holiday to most
Weber State University students,
no matter their religion, one that
they might remember hearing
about in the springtime, but in
reality, Passover has nothing to do
with April showers or May flowers.
Passover is a lewish holiday that
marks the story of the mass exodus
of the Israelites out of Egypt from
the Old Testament, or Torah.
Unlike Christianity, which
marks the day as a celebration of
the rebirth of lesus Christ, Judaism
celebrates Passover as a beginning
point for the lewish people. While
traditions like egg hunts and
chocolate rabbits are often times
more familiar to WSU students,
Passover has a very different
message from Easter,
and that message is
freedom from slavery.
"It's a very special
holiday," said WSU
zoology professor
Sam Zeveloff, who
practices Judiasm,
"and I'm glad other
people ... feel that it's
a valuable holiday,
not only because of
its historical aspects
but also because the
holiday is truly about
religious freedom."
This year, Passover
starts April 18 and
lasts for seven days,
own synagogue has
begun preparations for the holy
day, making reservations for a
community Seder, a traditional
"The appeal
of Passover
as a holiday
is one that
involves the
celebration of
freedom."
— Sam Zeveloff
WSU professor
Ogden's
already
lewish meal where the exodus
story is retold.
"The appeal of Passover as
a holiday is one that involves
the celebration of
freedom, which is an
American value as
well," Zeveloff said.
Just off a main
street in downtown
Ogden, tucked past
Washington Blvd, the
Congregation Brith
Sholem Synagogue
serves the city's
Jewish population,
with members of the
congregation coming
as far as Logan to
worship. Though the
small brick building
seems hidden behind
large bushes and trees, glimpses
of stained glass make it stand out
as something different from the
sunounding buildings.
See Passover page 5